diff --git a/backend/app/agent_assets/EBPF_HELPER_CONTRACT.md b/backend/app/agent_assets/EBPF_HELPER_CONTRACT.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69b077a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/agent_assets/EBPF_HELPER_CONTRACT.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# NexaFabric eBPF helper contract
+
+Agent 0.3.0 can call an optional helper binary at `/opt/nexafabric-agent/nexafabric-ebpf`.
+
+The helper is invoked as:
+
+```sh
+nexafabric-ebpf --json --limit 1500 --duration 10 --interfaces tap100i0,fwln100i0
+```
+
+It must print JSON to stdout:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flows": [
+    {
+      "source_ip": "172.16.0.10",
+      "destination_ip": "172.16.0.20",
+      "protocol": "tcp",
+      "source_port": 443,
+      "destination_port": 53020,
+      "packets": 10,
+      "bytes": 14800,
+      "vmid": "100",
+      "interface": "tap100i0",
+      "direction": "ingress",
+      "state": "observed"
+    }
+  ],
+  "diagnostics": {
+    "attach_mode": "tc",
+    "interfaces_attached": ["tap100i0"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The Python agent merges these flows with firewall-log, packet, and conntrack fallback collectors.
diff --git a/backend/app/agent_assets/nexafabric-agent.py b/backend/app/agent_assets/nexafabric-agent.py
index 5fb3e51..e975b79 100644
--- a/backend/app/agent_assets/nexafabric-agent.py
+++ b/backend/app/agent_assets/nexafabric-agent.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 
-VERSION = "0.2.3"
+VERSION = "0.3.0"
 VM_INTERFACE_RE = re.compile(r"(?:tap|fwbr|fwln|fwpr)(\d+)")
 VM_INTERFACE_DETAIL_RE = re.compile(r"(?:tap|fwbr|fwln|fwpr)(\d+)i(\d+)")
 LOG_FIELD_RE = re.compile(r"\b([A-Z]+)=([^\s]+)")
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ def run_command(args: list[str], timeout: int = 5) -> tuple[int, str]:
         return 127, ""
 
 
+def executable_exists(path: str) -> bool:
+    return Path(path).exists() and os.access(path, os.X_OK)
+
+
+def flow_int(value: object, default: int = 0) -> int:
+    try:
+        return int(value) if value not in (None, "") else default
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return default
+
+
 def collect_interfaces() -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
     interfaces = []
     for item in Path("/sys/class/net").iterdir() if Path("/sys/class/net").exists() else []:
@@ -451,6 +462,79 @@ def merge_flow_sources(*sources: list[dict[str, Any]], limit: int = 500) -> list
     )[:limit]
 
 
+def collect_ebpf_flows(config: dict[str, Any], interfaces: list[dict[str, Any]], limit: int) -> tuple[list[dict[str, Any]], dict[str, Any]]:
+    binary = str(config.get("ebpf_binary") or "/opt/nexafabric-agent/nexafabric-ebpf")
+    diagnostics: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "collector": "ebpf",
+        "enabled": bool(config.get("ebpf_collector", False)),
+        "binary": binary,
+        "errors": [],
+    }
+    if not diagnostics["enabled"]:
+        return [], diagnostics
+    if not executable_exists(binary):
+        diagnostics["errors"].append("eBPF helper binary is not installed or not executable")
+        return [], diagnostics
+
+    flow_interfaces = [str(interface.get("name")) for interface in selected_flow_interfaces(interfaces)]
+    if not flow_interfaces:
+        diagnostics["errors"].append("no VM/LXC tap or firewall-link interfaces found")
+        return [], diagnostics
+
+    args = [
+        binary,
+        "--json",
+        "--limit",
+        str(limit),
+        "--duration",
+        str(int(config.get("ebpf_window_seconds", config.get("packet_flow_window_seconds", 10)))),
+        "--interfaces",
+        ",".join(flow_interfaces),
+    ]
+    code, output = run_command(args, timeout=int(config.get("ebpf_timeout_seconds", 15)))
+    diagnostics["exit_code"] = code
+    if code != 0 or not output:
+        diagnostics["errors"].append(output or "eBPF helper returned no output")
+        return [], diagnostics
+    try:
+        payload = json.loads(output)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+        diagnostics["errors"].append(f"eBPF helper returned invalid JSON: {exc}")
+        diagnostics["output_excerpt"] = output[:300]
+        return [], diagnostics
+
+    flows = payload.get("flows", [])
+    if not isinstance(flows, list):
+        diagnostics["errors"].append("eBPF helper JSON has no flows array")
+        return [], diagnostics
+    normalized = []
+    for flow in flows[:limit]:
+        if not isinstance(flow, dict):
+            continue
+        source_ip = flow.get("source_ip")
+        destination_ip = flow.get("destination_ip")
+        if not source_ip or not destination_ip:
+            continue
+        normalized.append(
+            {
+                **flow,
+                "source_ip": str(source_ip),
+                "destination_ip": str(destination_ip),
+                "protocol": str(flow.get("protocol") or "unknown").lower(),
+                "source_port": flow_int(flow.get("source_port"), 0) or None,
+                "destination_port": flow_int(flow.get("destination_port"), 0) or None,
+                "packets": flow_int(flow.get("packets")),
+                "bytes": flow_int(flow.get("bytes")),
+                "state": str(flow.get("state") or "observed"),
+                "collector": "ebpf",
+            }
+        )
+    diagnostics["flow_count"] = len(normalized)
+    if isinstance(payload.get("diagnostics"), dict):
+        diagnostics["helper"] = payload["diagnostics"]
+    return normalized, diagnostics
+
+
 def collect_conntrack() -> dict[str, Any]:
     code, output = run_command(["conntrack", "-C"])
     if code == 0 and output.isdigit():
@@ -469,10 +553,12 @@ def collect_flow_diagnostics(
     flow_count: int,
     packet_diagnostics: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
     firewall_log_diagnostics: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ebpf_diagnostics: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     code, conntrack_path = run_command(["sh", "-c", "command -v conntrack"])
     return {
         "flow_count": flow_count,
+        "ebpf_collector": ebpf_diagnostics,
         "packet_collector": packet_diagnostics,
         "firewall_log_collector": firewall_log_diagnostics,
         "conntrack_binary": conntrack_path if code == 0 else None,
@@ -503,8 +589,11 @@ def collect_payload(config: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     flow_limit = int(config.get("flow_limit", 1500))
     packet_flows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     packet_diagnostics: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+    ebpf_flows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    ebpf_diagnostics: dict[str, Any] | None = None
     firewall_log_flows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     firewall_log_diagnostics: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+    ebpf_flows, ebpf_diagnostics = collect_ebpf_flows(config, interfaces, flow_limit)
     if bool(config.get("packet_flow_collector", True)):
         packet_flows, packet_diagnostics = collect_packet_flows(
             interfaces,
@@ -516,7 +605,8 @@ def collect_payload(config: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
             int(config.get("firewall_log_window_minutes", 5)),
             flow_limit,
         )
-    flows = merge_flow_sources(packet_flows or collect_flows(flow_limit), firewall_log_flows, limit=flow_limit)
+    fallback_flows = packet_flows or collect_flows(flow_limit)
+    flows = merge_flow_sources(ebpf_flows, fallback_flows, firewall_log_flows, limit=flow_limit)
     conntrack = collect_conntrack()
     return {
         "version": VERSION,
@@ -529,11 +619,19 @@ def collect_payload(config: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "interfaces": interfaces,
         "interface_traffic": collect_interface_traffic(interfaces),
         "flows": flows,
+        "ebpf_flows": ebpf_flows,
         "conntrack": conntrack,
         "firewall": collect_firewall(),
         "extra": {
             "platform": platform.platform(),
-            "flow_diagnostics": collect_flow_diagnostics(conntrack, len(flows), packet_diagnostics, firewall_log_diagnostics),
+            "flow_sources": {
+                "ebpf": len(ebpf_flows),
+                "packet": len(packet_flows),
+                "conntrack_fallback": 0 if packet_flows else len(fallback_flows),
+                "firewall_log": len(firewall_log_flows),
+                "merged": len(flows),
+            },
+            "flow_diagnostics": collect_flow_diagnostics(conntrack, len(flows), packet_diagnostics, firewall_log_diagnostics, ebpf_diagnostics),
         },
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/app/api/v1/router.py b/backend/app/api/v1/router.py
index 29ba63e..018d6bf 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/v1/router.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/v1/router.py
@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ def compact_agent_payload(payload: AgentHeartbeat) -> dict:
         value["flow_count"] = len(flows)
         value["flows"] = flows[:50]
         value["flows_truncated"] = len(flows) > 50
+    ebpf_flows = value.get("ebpf_flows")
+    if isinstance(ebpf_flows, list):
+        value["ebpf_flow_count"] = len(ebpf_flows)
+        value["ebpf_flows"] = ebpf_flows[:50]
+        value["ebpf_flows_truncated"] = len(ebpf_flows) > 50
     return value
 
 
@@ -1417,6 +1422,10 @@ cat > "$CONFIG_DIR/config.json" <<'JSON'
   "node_name": "{node.name}",
   "interval_seconds": 30,
   "flow_limit": 1500,
+  "ebpf_collector": true,
+  "ebpf_binary": "/opt/nexafabric-agent/nexafabric-ebpf",
+  "ebpf_window_seconds": 10,
+  "ebpf_timeout_seconds": 15,
   "packet_flow_collector": true,
   "packet_flow_window_seconds": 10,
   "firewall_log_collector": true,
diff --git a/backend/app/schemas/domain.py b/backend/app/schemas/domain.py
index d81a38b..00f9ebe 100644
--- a/backend/app/schemas/domain.py
+++ b/backend/app/schemas/domain.py
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ class AgentHeartbeat(BaseModel):
     interfaces: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     interface_traffic: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     flows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    ebpf_flows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     conntrack: dict[str, Any] = {}
     firewall: dict[str, Any] = {}
     extra: dict[str, Any] = {}